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Greifenstein 2024

Greifenstein is a lakeside village located northwest of Klosterneuburg on the right bank of the Danube River, with a population of 193 inhabitants (as of 2024). It belongs to the Lower Austrian market town of St. Andrä-Wördern and has merged with the neighboring village of Altenberg.

The village is known for Greifenstein Castle and the Greifenstein Danube hydroelectric power plant.

Greifenstein was first mentioned in a document in 1135 and, with its castle, was the eastern corner of the Passau possessions.

According to the Austrian address book of 1938, there were two bakers, one butcher, four innkeepers, two general stores, one coffee house, two milkmen, one fruit and vegetable dealer, one stationery dealer, one tailor, and two shoemakers in the municipality of Greifenstein.

As part of the municipal reform, the municipality of Greifenstein was merged in 1972 with the municipalities of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale, Wördern, Hintersdorf, and Kirchbach to form the market town of St. Andrä-Wördern.